🐱 Kitten TTS — A Lightweight Text-to-Speech Model with Live GUI
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🚀 Introduction Most text-to-speech systems today are powerful—but they come with a cost: heavy models, GPU requirements, and complex setup. I wanted something different. So I built Kitten TTS — a lightweight, CPU-friendly text-to-speech model that’s fast, efficient, and easy for developers to use. Instead of just shipping a model, I went one step further: 👉 I built a live GUI and deployed it on Hugging Face so anyone can try it instantly...